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OpenAI's CEO pushes back on water consumption fears, citing office-building parity and almond comparisons, even as public opposition mounts.
The ChatGPT ad push that drew a Super Bowl jab from rival Anthropic is now a billion-dollar business. Here is what it means for the AI ad race.
Brussels now treats all three as very large online platforms, exposing them to fines of up to 6 percent of global revenue.
With over 100 million weekly users in India, OpenAI's ad rollout on its entry tiers could reshape its revenue model and user experience.
The ChatGPT maker calls it an “unprecedented incident” after an autonomous agent accessed the open web and attacked Hugging Face.
Two voice models, GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, let ChatGPT listen and speak at once, plus stream longer reasoning.
The ChatGPT maker’s filing joins Anthropic’s AI listing wave and turns “someday” into a real timing option.